Steam-eliminator.



No. 796,231. PATENTED AUG; 131905.

, W. LLOYD.

' STEAM ELIMINATOR "APPLICATION FILED my 12, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LLOYD, OF WILKESBARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- THIRD TO JOHN LLOYD AND ONE-THIRD TO THE FIRM OF W. H. NICH OLSON & CO, BOTH OF WILKESBARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

STEAM-ELIMINATOB.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LLOYD, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Steam-Eliminators,

of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relates to certain improve: ments in steam-eliminators for which Letters Patent were granted to J. and W. Lloyd and RD. Jones on July 2, 1901, No. 677,458.

The eliminator of the patent is of the horizontal type; and the object of my invention is to makea compact steam-eliminatorof the vertical type and provide means for cutting ofl' the baffle-chamber from the collectingchamber, so that the cover of the collectingchamber can be removed to examine or repair the parts withoutshutting down the steam-line.

In'the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of myimproved steameliminator on the line 1 1, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is:

a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2 2, Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view on the line 3 3, Fig.1. i

A is the casing of the eliminator having an outlet-passage a at one end for the steam and provided with a head-section A, having an in-- let a for the steam. In the present instance the sections A A are flanged and can be coupled by bolts or other fastenings passing through the flanges.

Both ends of the eliminator are flanged, so that they may be coupled to steam-pipes in the usual manner.

The casing A is divided into two parts by a central partition 60 The upper chamber B is the bafile-chamber, having baffle-plates Z2 therein, while the other chamber D is the collecting-chamber for collecting water of condensation, grease, oil, or other impurities separated from the steam. The partition 0 is shaped as clearly shown in Fig. 1, having an inclined portion and a vertical portion, and in the vertical portion in the present instance is an opening 0, which allows the water separated from the steam in the bafiie-section to pass intothe collecting-chamber. The main portion of the partition a is inclined toward the outlet, as illustrated.

In order to cut off the bafiie-chamber from the collectingcham'ber, I provide a valve C,

which closes against a seat 0', in the present instance screwed into thepartitlon (1, The

valve 0 is carried by a stem 0 having a hand;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 12,1905 Serial ND. 207,658.'

Patented Aug. 1. 1905.

.wheel 0 In the present instance the valvestem passes through a cap C, secured to the casing A. The valve is normally open; but when it is desired to examine the mechanism in the collecting-chamber or remove the mechanism for repairs the valve is closed, so that access can be had to the collecting-chamber without interrupting the flow of steam. There is a drip-opening at thebase of the chamber B, provided With a valve 2' for draining the chamber when the valve 0 is closed;

The baflie-plates b are staggered, as shown in Fig. 3, having their ribbed portions facing the inlet, so that when the steam passes through the inlet a into the part 00 of the bathe-chamber its course will be interrupted by the baflieplates, the steam will strike against the ribbed surfaces of the plates, and the entrained moisture, grease, oil, or other impurities will be separated. from the steam and will flow down the inclined partition (0 terrupted by the baflie plates and the impurities are separated from the steam by the ribbed baffle-plates and the steam passes'vertically through the, eliminator.

The valve mechanism for automatically relieving the. collectingchamber.of water and impurities is carried by a cap F, secured to the casing A, and is similar to that illustrated and claimed in the Patent No. 677,458, mentioned above. Therefore I will not enter into 1 details in describing the construction of this mechanism.

The cap F has a chambered portion Gr, formed as a valve-casing, and in this casing is a valve-stem g, carrying a valve 9 is an outlet for the'escape of water or impurities collected from the steam.

On the valve-stem is a piston g*. The open? ing and closing of the valve is controlled by a float-lever H, having a ball it at one end and a weight it at the opposite end. lever actuates the mechanism for opening or closing steam-passages leading from the ins.

The ball- I have shown the baffle-plates 6 made detaehable, having base-sections 6 which are secured by bolts or other fastenings to the capsection A, and while I have shown two vertical passages E, one on each side of the eliminator, one passage may be used in some instances. I have shown the casing cylindrical in form; but it will be understood that it may be of any shape desired.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination in asteam-eliminator,of a casing digided by a transverse partition into two chambers, bafl'le-plates in the upper chamber, automatic means in the lower chamber for relieving it of water, a passage in said partition, a valve arranged to close the passage, and steam inlet and outlet passages, substantially as described.

2. Thecombinationinasteam-eliminator,of a casing, a baffle-chamber, baflie-plates therein, a collecting-cham ber under thebaflile-chamber, a central passage connecting the two chambers, a vertical passage in each side of the casing by-passing the collecting-chamber and communicating with the bafiie-chamber, substantially as described.

3. The combination in asteam-elimin ator,of a casing having a baffle-chamber, a collectingchamber and a steam-outlet chamber under the collecting-chamber, side passages by-passing the collecting-chamber and forming communication between the baffle-chamber and the steam-outlet chamber, a steam-inlet communicating with the bafile-chamber, and a passage forming a communication between the lower portion of the baflie-chamber and the upper portion of the collecting-chamber, substantially as described.

4. The combination in a steameliminator,of a casing havinga baffle-chamber, a collectingchamber, and an outlet-chamber normally in communication with each other, the collecting-chamber being mounted between the other two chambers, means whereby said collectingchamber may be cut 013? at will from the other chambers, a steam-inlet communicating with the battle-chamber, vertically-arranged bafiieplates in said chamber, and means for automatically relieving the collecting-chamber of water and impurities, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a vertically-arranged casing having in the upper end a baflie-cham ber, bathe-plates therein, a cap-section mounted on the upper end of the casing and having an inlet-passage therein communicating with the baffle-chamber, a collecting-chamber below the bafl'le-chamber and separated therefrom by a partition, an opening in the partition forming a communication between the two chambers, a valve arranged to close said opening, an outlet for the steam in the base of the casing, and vertical side passages connecting the outlet with the baffle-chamber, substantially as described.

6. The combination in a steam-eliminator,of a casing, a partition dividing the easing into two parts, the upper part being a bafile-chamher having vertically-arranged baflie-plates detachably secured therein, said baflie-plates having one surface ribbed, a collecting-chamber below the said partition, means in said chamber for automatically relieving the collecting-chamber of water or other impurities, said partition having a passage forming a communication between the two chambers, and a vertical passage communicating with the outlet for the steam, said passage by-passing the collecting-chamber,substantially as described.

7 The combination of a casing having a batfle-chamber at the upper end and a collectingchamber at the lower end, a partition separating the two chambers and provided with an opening for the passage of separated water or impurities from the bafiie-chamber to the collecting-chamber, a steam-inlet and an outlet communicating with the bafllechamber, a valve arranged to close the opening in the partition and operative from the outside of the casing, the connections of the inlet and outlet to the chambers being made to permit closing of the valve without interfering with the flow of steam, substantially as described.

8. The combination in a steam-eliminator, of a casing having a baffle-chamber and a collecting-chamber, a cap-section secured to the casing and having a steam-inlet passage formed therein and having vertically-arranged baflieplates attached thereto or formed integral therewith, said bafiie-plates extending into the baffle-chamber, substantially as described.

9. The combination in asteam-eliminator,ol a casing havinga baffle-chamber and a collecting-chamber provided with a passage between them, a valve arranged to open and close the passage, and a drainage-outlet for the bafllechamber independent of said passage, substantially as described.

10. The combination in a steam-eliminator, of a cylindrical casing, an inclined partition separating the easing into two parts, the upper part being the bafiie-chamber, verticallyarranged bafiie-plates therein, the lower part being a collecting-chamber, with mechanism therein for automatically relieving the chamber of water or other impurities, a partition separating the said collecting-chamber from arranged to close said opening When it is desired to cut off the collecting-chamber from" the baflie-chamber, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I havesigned my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses;

WILLIAM LLOYD.

Witnesses:

J. S. PETTIBONE, PAUL STERLING. 

